@shinmera the trick to training their recommendation system is to only watch good things on youtube

@aeva I already do that.

@aeva It still regularly pushes absolute shithead content.

@shinmera perhaps it thinks you watch shithead adjacent content

@aeva I don't know if I do. My main consumption is leftist video essays, maker channels, and vinesauce lmao.

@shinmera I just use youtube to listen to music, watch videos about making music, art process videos, and video tutorials, so naturally it mostly recommends videos about making music, art process videos, and video tutorials

@shinmera @aeva what about people in your IP block? I ruin my girlfriend's YouTube recommendations by watching shithead content

@nina_kali_nina @shinmera that explains why my wife gets basically the same recommendations as me

@nina_kali_nina @aeva Lord I don't know, I don't think my parents use YouTube very much, and if so probably mostly german content which I don't see at all.

@shinmera do you have a static ip address

@aeva Uuuh, I don't think so. I also use youtube from many different places. Office, home, phone tether, wifi spots.

@shinmera that might be why. I recommend you try changing everyone else's watching habits